City staff recommended that council extend the rules that apply to owners of pit bulls who lived in the city before the breed ban was enacted in 2005. Specifically, city law requires those owners to carry $100,000 in renters or homeowners insurance in case of an attack.

Only four of the 10 council members — Bob LeGare, Sally Mounier, Barbara Cleland, Renie Peterson — supported further exploration of that option, so Mayor Steve Hogan moved the discussion off the table indefinitely.

"I didn't support repealing the ban, because we had a severe problem with dog bites ... when we put the ban in place, and (the ban) has been a very successful program," said Ward VI councilman Bob Broom. The number of bites by pit bulls has gone down quite a bit, he said.

He added: "And really, if your child is mauled by a pit bull, no amount of money will compensate."

Ward II Councilwoman Renie Peterson said she would bring the ordinance back to city council herself at a later date, saying a ban on a particular breed of dog is discriminatory.

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Council agreed that the public safety committee should discuss how to amend the vicious dog definition to make it less narrow.

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